i am marooned in this place without you. you connect me to the mainland.

[subsidence]

i've gone ahead and fixed the loose handle on the washroom door
the hot water runs good and clear through the pipes

i put varnish on the new windowsill
good enough to rest on and look out along the land

got hold of a bear skin so the bedroom floor won't feel so cold in the morning

the fireplace is scrubbed free of all soot too

[He's running out of things to do, he means. The fix-its are coming one after the other, quick as he can manage, and the cabin will be lovely by the time Aymeric comes home--or Estinien will have lost his mind. Well, both could happen, perhaps.]

and

i did the dishes

[What kind of tail-wagging...?]

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[subsidence]

the only hard work i do is what it takes to go about my day
living and all that

[That must be how he sees all of it, the hunting, the carpentry, the cooking, the metalworking. That and whatever else it may mean--the hard work of being alive...]

all you are leaving behind is
well for me that work is just too much

you know i made more than just the one bite for you
the batch is yours
the recipe too

[embankment]

You'd be working yourself down past the bone if I didn't tell you to take it easy sometimes. I'm telling you to take it easy now. The windows ought to be left for another day, and the caulking, and the grout cleaner too. Once you've finished your dinner, go and see about having yourself a nice warm soak in the bath. I expect the aches and pains of the day to melt away with that.

[...]

I might be having one myself after I polish off another one of these brownies. They're very, very good. Dangerously good, as a matter of fact.